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submitted 2 years ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed son, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities.

After he failed to hand over the last of the stolen e-cigarettes, two officers physically forced him to do so, then Cathy Austrian’s son was handcuffed and pinned to the ground as he screamed and struggled, according to a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday and police body-camera video shared with The Associated Press by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.

The teen eventually was injected with a ketamine, a sedative, then taken to a hospital, according to the lawsuit and video.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 105 points 2 years ago

What kind of idiot calls the cops on their black son expecting any kind of positive interaction?

Oh... right...

The white kind...

(grrr!)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna14380

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

My mom was this stupid

[-] HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I was actually wondering about that. Like as a white person, I don't want to over step boundaries, but even I'm not surprised.

But this makes a whole lot more sense.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 years ago

People like her only love the system, not their own kids

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

She has been lied to her whole life that the police are there to help. She learned a quick, painful lesson that it isn't true.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 years ago

She is not the victim, her son is, and she abused her son.

It's a plainly obvious fact to anyone with internet access and insight that the police are very obviously NOT there to help you, and instead of accepting the truth, she chose her delusions of a safe and just world, and her son paid the price.

We have the responsibility to know and act on the truth.

Ignorance is NEVER an excuse.

[-] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

Damn... That was pretty retarded dawg.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 years ago

Defending child abuse is pretty retarded. Dawg.

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